Lagos

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Lagos

Total population

19,347

Air quality index

30Good

Coordinates37.10°, -8.67°

Demographic figures from INE Portugal. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Lagos is a city and municipality at the mouth of Bensafrim River and along the Atlantic Ocean, in the Barlavento region of the Algarve, in southern Portugal. The population of Lagos Municipality in the March 2021 census was 33,494, in an area of 212.99 km2. The influx of visiting tourists and seasonal residents during the summer months increases the population. While the majority of the population lives along the coast and works in tourism and services, the inland region is sparsely inhabited, with the majority of the people working in agriculture and forestry.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Gil Eanes

Portuguese explorer

D

Diogo Amado

Portuguese footballer

José Sebastião de Almeida Neto

Catholic cardinal (1841−1920)

Diogo Gomes

Portuguese navigator and explorer

Júlio Dantas

Portuguese writer (1876–1962)

Pedro de Sintra

Portuguese explorer

Nuno Júdice

Portuguese writer (1949–2024)

Diogo Viana

Portuguese footballer

L

Lançarote de Freitas

Portuguese explorer

J

José Pereira Pinto

Brazilian politician

A

Anatólio Falé

Portuguese musician

Diana Silveira

Portuguese singer

G

Gaspar Jorge de Leão Pereira

Archbishop of Goa

H

Hélder Lourenço

Portuguese footballer

P

Paulo Galvão

Portuguese musician

Soeiro da Costa

Portuguese nobleman and navigator

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lagos

A garota do lago

Charlie Donlea · 2017

Roman Portugal, Fascicle 3

Jorge de Alarcao · 1988

Hildebrand's Urlaubskarte: Algarve 1:100 000, Costa Do Estoril 1:400 000, Sudportugal 1:500 000, Stadtplane Von Faro, Lagos, Portimao, Albufeira, (Europe)

Karto · 1989

Inventário artístico do Algarve

Francisco I. C. Lameira · 1989

Lettura della "Gerusalemme liberata"

Franco Tomasi · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers